Today is the one year anniversary of The Project, aka my Veganniversary. While I haven’t stayed perfectly animal-free all year (I have no plans to quit eating honey, and soy cheese containing milk protein occasionally finds its way to my fridge still), my diet and my life have completely changed in the past year. In celebration and commemoration, I will give you two lists:
Foods I Miss:
Chick-Fil-A Chicken Nuggets. Sweet fancy Moses do those crazy conservative christians know how to fry up some goddamned chicken.
Fresh Mozzarella / Caprese Salad. There will never be a suitable substitute for this, I’m afraid.
Skittles. Newly free of gelatin, holla!
Baked Garlic-Sesame-Ginger Tofu. I have finally perfected a tofu recipe.
Roasted Vegetables of Any Kind.
Dry Roasted Almonds.
Hummus. Anywhere, any time, forever and always, hummus.
Sweet Potato Chips. See also: Sweet Potato Fries, Baked Sweet Potatoes, etc.
Pizza with Carmelized Onions where the Cheese Used to Be. You’ll never need cheese again, almost.
Seitan. Praise Seitan!
It’s easy to see that the list of favorite vegan foods far outweighs the list of now verboten foods I miss. I really couldn’t be happier about my decision to quit eating meat, eggs, and dairy. Now if only there were more vegan episodes of Top Chef for me to enjoy.
So how about you: What are your favorite foods? Your favorite guilty pleasure foods? I must know!